Rift Valley

In order of specificity, Rift Valley can refer to:

  • Rift valley in general
  • Great Rift Valley (geographical concept), a series of connected rifts from Madagascar to Syria
  • East African Rift, a system of rifts in East Africa
  • Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift
  • Great Rift Valley, Kenya, part of the eastern branch of the East African Rift
  • Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia, part of the eastern branch of the East African Rift
  • Rift Valley fever
  • Rift Valley Province, Kenya and border with Uganda

Famous quotes containing the word valley:

    “There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet
    As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet;”
    —Thomas Moore (1779–1852)